Clare's War Book

Clare Springer is 17 years old in 1938 and estranged from her family when she is sent to Paris to finish her education. But Clare is having too good a time to bury her head in books, and barely heeds that the nightmare of war is around the corner. After France is occupied by the Nazis, she finds herself trapped, but learns to get along--until her French lover Fabien goes missing. Although she tries not to become involved in the political situation, she finds it more and more impossible to avoid being caught in the growing menace and danger around her. Anita Burgh's Clare's War maintains the high standard of all her books. The strong and powerfully realised sense of how France felt under Nazi rule is what gives this tale of a young woman's struggle its solid emotional impact. In earlier books such as Distinctions of Class, Burgh showed herself to be a writer who has that rare gift: an absolute and steely grasp of human character. As Clare develops from a frivolous young girl to a responsible woman coming to terms with love, the reader is drawn inexorably into a narrative that never loses its grip. --Barry ForshawRead More